Max Stirner [electronic resource] /
Newman, Saul.author.
Newman, Saul,1972-
Max Stirner was one of the most important and seminal thinkers of the mid-nineteenth century. He exposed the religiosity behind secular humanism and rationalism, and the domination of the individual behind liberal modes of politics. This edited collection explores Stirner's radical and contemporary importance as a political theorist.
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Introduction : re-encountering Stirner's ghosts / Saul Newman -- A solitary life / David Leopold -- The mirror of anarchy : the egoism of John Henry Mackay and Dora Marsden / Ruth Kinna -- The multiplicity of nothingness : a contribution to a non-reductionist reading of Stirner / Riccardo Balidissone -- The philosophical reactionaries : 'The modern sophists by Kuno Fischer' / by G. Edward [Max Stirner] (translated and introduced by Widukind De Ridder) -- Max Stirner and Karl Marx : an overlooked contretemps / Paul Thomas -- Max Stirner : the end of philosophy and political subjectivity / Widukind De Ridder -- Why anarchists need Stirner / Kathy Ferguson -- Stirner's ethics of voluntary inservitude / Saul Newman.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Max Stirner was one of the most important and seminal thinkers of the mid-nineteenth century. He exposed the religiosity behind secular humanism and rationalism, and the domination of the individual behind liberal modes of politics. This edited collection explores Stirner's radical and contemporary importance as a political theorist.
Stirner, Max, 1806-1856
Stirner, Max, 1806-1856
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